Hundreds of excited runners will be taking to the streets of Bracknell today (12/5) to take part in the 40th annual Bracknell Half-Marathon.

Sponsored by The Lexicon, the renowned half marathon course will take runners through the heart of Bracknell.

Much of the route will be on roads, footpaths and cycleways, however there will be a short section of grass running for participants to contend with.

The race will start at 8:45am and 13 different roads will close between the hours of 8:35am and 11:30am. These will either be hard closures or soft closures.

A hard road closure means that no traffic will be permitted to pass along the closure route specified for the times shown above.

A soft road closure means that the road closure will be in place for the times shown but traffic may be permitted to pass at the operator’s discretion should it be deemed safe to do so.

Road closures and times

8:35am - 9am London Road from Running Horse roundabout to Bracknell College roundabout (Northbound only) - Hard Closure

8:50am - 9:10am Lilly Hill Road and Long Hill Road junction - Soft Closure

8:55am - 9:20am Entry to and exit from Julius Hill at Harvest Ride roundabout - Soft closure 

8:55am - 9:30am Entry to and exit from Jigs Lane South at Harvest Ride roundabout - Soft closure 

9am - 9:40am Entry to and exit from Warfield Road at Harvest Ride roundabout - Soft Closure

9:05am - 9:55am Entry to and exit from Binfield Road at Harvest Ride roundabout - Soft closure 

9:10am - 10am Moordale Avenue (both directions) at pedestrian crossing traffic lights - Soft closure

9:15am - 10:15am Western Road (both directions) between Eastern Road and The Arena - Soft closure

9:30am - 11am Entry to and exit from Glebewood at junction with Bagshot Road - Soft closure

9:30am - 11am Entry to Bracknell Leisure Centre from Bagshot Road - Soft closure

9:30am - 11am Opladen Way (both directions) between Garswood and Nightingale Crescent - Soft closure

9:35am - 11:25am Nuneaton (both directions) at cycleway crossing between Cabin Moss and Warwick - Soft closure

9:40am - 11:30am Farningham (both directions) at cycleway crossing between Kimmeridge and Farningham House - Soft closure